This post was originally published March 23, 2020 and was
updated on April 6, 2020
The Federal Courts in Canada have announced that the
temporary measures as a result of COVID-19, including adjournment
of all non-urgent hearings and suspension of certain timelines in
ongoing proceedings, have been extended for an addition four weeks
until May 15. However, the Courts have expanded matters that
can be heard in writing or remotely.
Adjournment of Hearings
Subject to the exceptions below, all hearings up to and
including May 15, 2020 before the Federal Court ("FC")
and the Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") have been
adjourned.
The FC will continue to hear urgent or exceptional matters (the
Court will determine what constitutes "urgent" and
"exceptional" on a case-by-case basis). In
addition, the FC will also hear:
